Presentation from Selex ES Ltd at the Centre for Defence Enterprise Marketplace held on 27 April

1. Marketplace 2016
Stuart Duncan
SELEX ES Ltd
Finmeccanica Airborne and Space
Systems Division

2. SELEX ES Ltd
We provide airborne integrated systems, sensors,
training, support and services for military and civil
ISTAR (information, surveillance, target acquisition,
and reconnaissance) manned and unmanned
operations

3. Lightweight Wide Area IR
Surveillance
Study into use of novel
materials and techniques to
develop a lightweight
Persistent Wide Area
Surveillance (PWAS )
Infrared (IR) sensor

4. Success to date
• initial design of high resolution
sensor using High Operating
Temperature (HOT) detector
design
• use of additive manufacturing
techniques
• lightweight hybrid optical
designs

5. What next?
• phase 2 proposal submitted to develop
prototype sub-assemblies for future
integration and test
• work with platform primes to conduct flight
trials
• expand to larger IR focal plane array

6. We’re looking for…
• information from High Altitude Pseudo Satellite
(HAPS) platform operators /potential sensor
users
• potential collaborators for system
interface/comms
• potential prime contractors for further
development where low size, weight and power
(SWaP) is required

7. Contact
Stuart Duncan
0131 343 8033
stuart.duncan@finmeccanica.com